Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders manual



The Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders manual is a 22-page full-color booklet written, printed, and distributed by GT Interactive Software along with commercial copies of Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders.

Variants
Two known versions of the manual exist:
 * a smaller one which was supplied inside the CD case (US release);
 * a bigger one which was supplied inside the big cardboard box fashioned like the Tome of Power along with the separate jewel CD case (European release).

Overview
The odd pages of the manual are not numbered. Page numbers are given for the US version of the manual.

Front cover
The front cover contains an image that looks like a faded page of a book with some runes and phrases in the unknown language all over it. In the center of the cover the name of the game is located written with the same fonts as in the title screen.

The European version of the manual also has a word "MANUAL" and logos of GT Interactive Software, id Software and Raven Software at the bottom of the front cover.

Table of contents
The first page of the manual contains a table of contents.

The story so far
This section occupies pages 2 and 3 and tells the Heretic's backstory with information about the Sidhe, Serpent Riders, and the player character.

Installation
This section occupies pages 4 and 5 and includes:
 * system requirements;
 * information on how to install the game in, , and ;
 * information on how to use the setup program to configure the game.

Starting a game
This section occupies pages 5 through 8 and gives the following information:
 * how to run the game;
 * how to use the menu to start the new game, set options, save and load games, quit the game;
 * a description of the status bar with the picture;
 * how to use the inventory.

Getting around
This section occupies pages 9 through 13 and gives the following information:
 * a description of the keyboard, mouse, and joystick controls;
 * how to pick up items, look up and down, and perform flight;
 * descriptions of certain game mechanics: a map, doors, switches, teleporters, platforms, dangerous environments (damaging floors, crushing ceilings, wind or water currents, and sliding on ice), exiting the level, and dying;
 * information about Heretic's weapons (with pictures): Staff, Gauntlets, Elvenwand, Crossbow, Dragon's Claw, Hellstaff, and Phoenix Rod;
 * information about Heretic's items and artifacts (with pictures): Vial, Quartz Flask, Mystic Urn, Shield, Enchanted Shield, Torch, Map Scroll, Bag of Holding, Shadowsphere, Tyketto's Tome of Power, Valador's Ring of Invulnerability, Inhilicon's Wings of Wrath, Darchala's Chaos Device, Torpol's Morph Ovum, and Delmintalitar's Time Bomb of the Ancients.

Monsters you'll face
This section starts on page 13 and continues on page 14. Brief descriptions are given for the following monsters: gargoyle, fire gargoyle, golem, nitrogolem, undead warriors, sabreclaw, weredragon, Ophidian, and disciple of D'Sparil. For each of these a frame of the sprite is also shown. A presence of ghost variants of golem, undead warrior and weredragon is also mentioned, although this is an error for the latter.

Multiplayer instructions
This section occupies pages 15 through 19 and gives a thorough description of the multiplayer modes: cooperative and deathmatch.

Technical support
This section starts on page 19 and continues on page 20. It describes a number of ways to get support: using README file, visiting GT Interactive Software website, sending a letter, or call by phone.

Credits
The lower part of the page 20 contains a Credits section:
 * Artists: Shane Gurno, Brian Raffel, Steve Raffel, Brian Pelletier, Jim Sumwalt, Scott Rice
 * Programming: Ben Gokey, Chris Rhinehart
 * Level design: Michael Raymond-Judy
 * Sound/music: Kevin Schilder
 * Project director: Brian Raffel
 * Sound drivers: Paul Radek
 * Executive producer: John Romero
 * Package/manual design: /R&D

Back cover
The back cover contains an image in the same style as the front cover. Logos of id Software, Raven Software, and GT Interactive Software and the copyright notice are located at the bottom of the front cover.